Japan-China Field Officer Exchange Program
FY2018
Implementing Agency | The Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
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Year | first year of five-year project |
Project Type | Self Operated |
Budget | 22,000,000yen |
Project Outline
SPF will restart its exchange program between the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Chinese People's Liberation Army, conducted for 11 years until the deterioration of the political relationship between the two countries in 2012, in which both sides will visit each country once a year. The visiting field officers will tour bases of the Ground, Marine, and Air Forces, undertake studies on national defense policies, exchange opinions with defense officials and civilians, take field trips to businesses and agricultural villages, and attend lectures on history, society, and culture, in efforts to foster mutual understanding and facilitate friendship.